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    Broadway: Broken Or Business As Usual?

    • 18.02.2021
    • Forbes

    Broadway will need to link up with the most savvy AI, AR, and VR developers to create new ways to distribute musicals, plays, and revivals, which often serve as the foundational content for other entertainment properties.

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    Uphold right to privacy: Personal Data Protection Bill, in current form, grants extraordinary powers to the Centre

    • 17.02.2021
    • Times of India

    The Supreme Court interpreted ‘informational privacy’ as a fundamental right derived from Articles 14, 19 and 21 of the Constitution of India, in Puttaswamy vs Union of India in August 2017. Hence, personal data protection is now guaranteed by the Constitution, not the central government.

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    List steps to be taken on regulating OTT content: SC to Centre

    • 17.02.2021
    • Economic Times

    The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Centre on a PIL filed by advocate Shashank Shekhar Jha for regulating content on OTT platforms such as Netflix and Amazon Prime by an autonomous body.

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    In-depth: As market forces drive bundling of OTTs, who will be the end beneficiary?

    • 17.02.2021
    • Best Media Info

    The OTT market is overcrowded with more than 40 players and the audience is overwhelmed with choices. In such a scenario, we analyse how OTT aggregators such as JioTV+ and Tata Sky Binge+ could play a role in increasing the OTT penetration.

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    Disney+ Subscribers to Exceed Netflix Users in 2026: Analyst

    • 17.02.2021
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    "However, Disney+ will only have more subs than Netflix in one country — India," says Digital TV Research.

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    You may not find Elon Musk on Koo, but we’re for 100% of India, Twitter’s rival says

    • 17.02.2021
    • The Print

    Sudden rise of Koo, which saw 9,01,000 installs between 6-11 Feb, has sparked privacy concerns over collection of personal data as one of its investors is China’s Shunwei Capital.

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    Clear crypto rules urgently needed as major companies embrace asset: SEC official

    • 17.02.2021
    • The Hindu

    The market was plunged into crisis last month when Reddit users trading on low-cost retail platforms banded together to drive up the prices of GameStop and other stocks, squeezing hedge funds that had bet against those shares.

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    Freedom and security: On social media platforms operating in India

    • 17.02.2021
    • The Hindu

    The govt. must view freedom of speech as an aid, not impediment, to national security.

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    India’s OTT industry loses up to 30% revenue to piracy

    • 17.02.2021
    • Livemint

    The country is not only plagued by rampant password sharing but also by problems of content being circulated on file-sharing platforms.

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    Government Vs Twitter: Can Big Tech Say No?

    • 16.02.2021
    • Bloomberg Quint

    As of Friday, Twitter has again reportedly complied with the government’s orders and over 97% of the accounts flagged have been blocked.

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